Fake Civil War Surgical Sets: due to misdirection, ignorance, or fraud By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Buying or even selling a "real" Civil War surgical set is difficult at best....
COLLECTING AND EVALUATING CIVIL WAR SURGEON’S IMAGES, CDV's, AND PHOTOGRAPHS By Paul R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S. Evaluation of Civil War Surgical Images: Viewing and evaluating an image from the Civil War for...
Post-Civil War, post-1880 surgical instrument identification By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques If an amputation knife or bone saw has a metal handle, you can be 99.9% sure it is not...
Buying a Civil War Surgery Set By: Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Every medical or Civil War collector I know wants to buy a 'real' Civil War surgical set. So, what do you have to do...
Civil War Era Amputation Saws By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques The objective of this discussion is to help you differentiate between several Civil War amputation saws made by a small...
U. S. A. Hospital Department, Medical Department, containers produced during the Civil War . By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques The U. S. Army Medical Department, or its divisions of...
Civil War Post-Mortem Surgical Sets By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Post-mortem sets are used to dissect a human body or parts thereof after death or amputation. The purpose of this...
Civil War Catheters and Sounds By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Most major multi-level, military-use,Civil War surgical sets should have at least a few silver catheters and...
Civil War Era Trepanning Instruments By Dr. Michael Echols, American Civil War Surgical Antiques Trepanning is the medical process of drilling or cutting a hole into the skull in order to relieve pressure on...
The U.S. Army Medical and Hospital Departments during the Civil War and their relevance to collecting military surgical antiques Topics: U. S. Army Medical Department, U. S. Army Hospital Department, surgical...